21st Century Chinese Cyberwarfare

APPENDIX D: GENERAL WANG PUFENG’S CHALLENGE OF INFORMATION WARFARE

The Challenge of Information Warfare

Courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists (www.fas.org)

Major General Wang Pufeng is a former Director of the Strategy Department, Academy of Military Science, People’s Liberation Army, Beijing, People’s Republic of China. The following paper was written for the China Military Science during the Spring of 1995. General Wang presents several carefully articulated core beliefs, with accompanying historical antecedents. His core IW ideas include Cultivating Talent, Strengths to Attack Weaknesses, Organize Offensive and Defensive Information Warfare, Preparation and Defense with Attacking and Fighting, Firm Control of Battlefield Information, ...